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Genesis 44:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Put my cup, the silver cup, in the top of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.

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and bring your youngest brother to me. Thus your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they agreed to do so.

Joseph then gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This was done for them.

They served him by himself and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the top of his sack.

He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

“I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.

you must not heed the words of those prophets or those who divine by dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you indeed love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul.

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors did not know, to humble you and to test you and in the end to do you good.

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.




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